Added on: 07/18/2018
Robert Blackmon
Alturi Project Director
“The government’s threats against civil society are also possibilities to make our work more well known. That is what we are doing.” –Bea Sándor Háttér Society Executive…
Added on: 01/19/2018
Alturi Contributor
“We study Islam, and pray together, and share our lives,” Shinta says. “We do not choose to be transgender people, this is given by God.” The Yogyakarta…
Added on: 09/20/2017
Alturi Contributor
Since 1989, it has been a member of the Ministry of Heath’s National Commission to Control AIDS, and since 1995 it has been one of the coordinators of the…
Regions: Brazil, South America
Added on: 09/14/2017
Robert Blackmon
Alturi Project Director
“I came out as bisexual to my younger brother when I started college and he was very supportive. I was living at home at the time and…
Regions: Mexico, North America
Added on: 08/20/2017
Alturi Contributor
Following a series of hate crime attacks, members of Namibia’s LGBT community took to the streets of the capital Windhoek for a Pride march on Saturday, July…
Added on: 05/13/2017
Robert Blackmon
Alturi Project Director
“During the past 18 years, the Venezuelan government made fun of the LGBTI community of Venezuela. They never recognized our rights and hate crimes increased 200%,” Mantilla…
Regions: South America, Venezuela
Added on: 03/14/2017
Robert Blackmon
Alturi Project Director
Joseph Aoun manages Helem’s newly reopened community center – one of the few safe spaces for LGBTIQ residents of Beirut. He came to the organization seven months…
Added on: 03/14/2017
Robert Blackmon
Alturi Project Director
Instead of accepting that this isolation and sadness are part of many queer persons’ lives, Eric chose to take action by helping found Hanoi Queer. “When I…
Added on: 03/14/2017
Robert Blackmon
Alturi Project Director
Azza identifies as a Sudanese lesbian, Muslim, Nubian feminist who finds inspiration in the many intersections of her identity. She began her activism in 2007 using social…
Added on: 01/13/2017
Robert Blackmon
Alturi Project Director
Alturi: How did the idea for “All About Sec 377” come about? How has it evolved over time? Gypsy: I have a small and relatively new production…
Added on: 09/14/2016
Robert Blackmon
Alturi Project Director
Her work as an urban sociologist in Istanbul has brought an understanding of social norms as a constraint on the ways people define themselves and, for her,…
Added on: 09/14/2016
Robert Blackmon
Alturi Project Director
Mike highlights his interview with John Adewoye, “a former priest who battled with his sexual orientation for many years, denying the truth of who he is, and…